#8A21A0#8A21A0

#8A21A0 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.090; OKLCH L 47.5% C 0.201 H 319.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A21A0
RGB	rgb(138, 33, 160)
HSL	hsl(290, 66%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(290, 79%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.8%, 79.4%, 0%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.04, 59.42, -46.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.04, 75.18, 322.22°)
OKLab	oklab(47.51% 0.1532 -0.1293)
OKLCH	oklch(47.51% 0.201 319.8)
XYZ	xyz(17.3695, 9.0300, 34.0789)
Luminance	0.0903 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A21A0 #37A021

analogous

#4A21A0 #8A21A0 #A02177

triadic

#8A21A0 #A08A21 #21A08A

tetradic

#8A21A0 #A04A21 #37A021 #2177A0

square

#8A21A0 #A04A21 #37A021 #2177A0

split-complementary

#8A21A0 #77A021 #21A04A

monochromatic

#320C3B #5E176D #8A21A0 #B62BD3 #C85EDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.48

#8A21A0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.81

#8A21A0 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A21A0

7.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A21A0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A21A0	1.00	7.48	2.81	7.48
#FFFFFF	7.48	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.81	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.48	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004EA3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2D589D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8A3D61

Achromatopsia (no color)

#555555

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a21a0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 33, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.5% 0.201 319.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b06abd',
    500: '#8a21a0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a21a0;
$custom-light: #b06abd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a21a0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 289.606,
    "s": 65.803,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47509,
    "c": 0.2005,
    "h": 319.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.09029
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A21A0

secondary

#6DC25B

accent

#E93F5C

background

#FBF6FB

surface

#F6ECF6

border

#D0C7D0

text

#110712

muted

#807A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A21A0

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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